#1073 – Sending Holiday Cheer

Hello and welcome! The last Happy Little Stampers Watercolor challenge of the year! Wow the year sure went by so fast! There is no theme this time for the challenge, so anything watercolor goes!

And I made another Christmas card –

I started with stamping the images from Simon Says Stamp Winter Flowers and the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Christmas Blessings using VersaFine Onyx black pigment ink. Once this dried, I watercolored the panel using Daniel Smith watercolors. I also added a lot of splatters on the card.

Finally, I die cut the panel using Winnie & Walter Essentials: Lana Cutaways and adhered it over a white card base. For a bit of decorative glitter, I added some silver gemstones over the flower centers.

And that is my card. And I’m also joining the following challenges –

Timeout challenge: Holiday/Winter

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Anything Goes

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#1066 -Christmas Snowflakes

Hello and welcome! It’s time for Happy Little Stampers Watercolor challenge for the month of November and the theme this time is Emboss. Since Christmas is fast approaching, I thought of making some cards with that theme too.

And here’s what I made –

I started with the background. I used a few shades of blue and violet distress inks in lighter tones, smooshed them over an acrylic sheet, misted with water and laid my watercolor paper panel on top. After this dried I repeated the smooshing and drying process until I got enough coverage, color and texture. I then embossed the panel using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Engraved embossing folder and added some Prima wax on top.

After adhering the embossed panel on the cardbase, I noticed that there was just a tiny strip of white showing underneath. So, I added a strip of silver foil washi tape to cover it up. I then die cut a couple of snowflakes using Spellbinders Snowflake Pendant, one from vellum and another from silver glitter paper and then adhered them on the with a pearl for embellishment. The sentiment is a spare I had from last year’s, and it’s from Neat & Tangled Beary Merry stamp set, and the banner is My Favorite Things Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner.

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#1062 – Miss You

Hello and welcome to the Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies challenge for October. As the title suggests, it’s an Anything Goes challenge as long as some die cut is used.

And here’s what I made –

I wanted a teal color for the window, but since I didn’t have the right colored cardstock, I watercolored it using Gansai Tambi watercolors. Once it dried, I die cut a window using Spellbinders A2 Curved Matting Basics B dies. I die cut the flowers using CraftAdda Delicate Flowers dies and watercolored them using Gansai Tambi watercolors as well. I doubled up the layers of flowers to give them some stability since they were so delicate.

Before assembling, I swiped some gold pigment ink on the white background, where the window would be and then I adhered the window panel using foam tape and then added the flower die cuts as well. I then added the sentiment from Mama Elephant In My Heart on scrap white cardstock, trimmed it and adhered it on the card. For embellishing, I added a few dull gold sequins.

And that’s my card. I’m joining the following challenges as well –

Just Add Ink challenge #673: Just choose two (I chose Windows and Flowers)

Timeout challenge #248: Cancer Awareness/Friendship/Encouragement

The Flower challenge #85: Anything Goes

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#1061 – Summer Flamingos

Hello and welcome! It’s time for Happy Little Stampers Watercolor challenge for the month of October and the theme this time is Tropical.

And here’s what I made –

I got inspired by the gorgeous watercoloring done in this piece I found in Pinterest. I drew and watercolored the Flamingos on Hndmd watercolor paper using distress inks.

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#1056 – One of a Kind

Hello and welcome to a new challenge at Happy Little Stampers! As always, we start with Watercolor challenge at the start of the month. There is an optional theme every month, and this month’s theme is ‘Layers‘.

I thought of using different images – here, flowers and leaves – and adhering them to the card in layers for this theme. Here’s what I came up with –

I started with stamping the images from Altenew Adore You stamp set using Adirondack Ginger ink. I then colored the images using Gansai Tambi watercolors. Once they dried, I fussy cut them.

For the card base, I cut out two pieces of die cuts using Neat & Tangled Scalloped Background die, adhered them together and then stuck it to the card base. I also added a few splatters in black. I also added the splatters to the images I had fussy cut. Once these dried, I adhered them over the card. For the sentiment I used a stamp from Ellen Hutson Totally Random Sayings Vol. 1, white heat embossed it over black cardstock, trimmed it and foam mounted it over the card.

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